A baby owl has been named "Bob the Builder" - after it was hand-reared to avoid noisy building work. The American Barn Owl was born at the Scottish Owl Centre but damage to the sanctuary's buildings ...

British scientists in the Antarctic are using new technology to track where they go to the toilet - to help keep it clean. The British Antarctic Survey team is using vehicle tracking and colored dials ...

A vaccine for shingles may lower the risk of dementia, according to new research. A public health policy in Wales may have produced the strongest evidence yet that a jab can reduce the risk of ...

Monkeys are the world’s best yodellers, according to new research. Rather than Austria or Switzerland, scientists say the champions at the traditional form of singing which involves repeated and rapid ...

A social media star has helped develop the world's most advanced robotic arm - designed over four years with $2 million in research. Amputee singer and model Tilly Lockey, 19, says she feels like a ...

A schoolgirl left with burns and unable to dress herself after falling into a cooking pot can now put on her school uniform by herself after life-changing surgery. Annica, nine, grew up unable to do ...

A jaw-dropping new space image shows one galaxy hiding behind another. The rare cosmic phenomenon, called an Einstein ring, occurs when massive objects can bend light due to their gravitational ...

People with low levels of "bad" cholesterol are less likely to develop dementia, according to new research. And statins lowered the risk of the debilitating condition even further in people with low ...

Solar cells made of moon dust could power future space exploration, suggests a new study. The same dirt that clings to astronauts’ boots may one day keep their lights on, say scientists. German ...

Scientists say they have spotted a dust devil "eating" another on Mars. NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover captured the otherworldly scene of several Red Planet mini-twisters spinning on the rim of Jezero ...

Sat nav technology is helping older drivers to stay on the road, suggests new research. Drivers over 65 with a poorer sense of direction rely more on help from GPS navigation systems such as Sat Nav ...